Rutledge Borough - eNews for June 26th, 2025
Rutledge Borough Communications
Hello Rutledge Borough!
Next week’s eNews will be devoted to Fourth of July, so please excuse the length of this week’s eNews!
Upcoming Events:
Yard Waste: 1st and 3rd Friday - Next is Monday, July 7th, due to the holiday July 4th.
Representative Scanlon Town Hall at DCCC - June 29th at 3PM - Registration Required
4th of July Celebrations:
Borough Hall Parade Registration - 9:30AM
Parade Judging - 10:00AM
Parade - 10:30 AM
Welcome & Awards - 11:00AM at Triangle Park
Games - 11:30 AM
Morton-Rutledge Fire Company Fire Hose Cool Off - 12:15PM
National Night Out - August 5th
Community Yard Sale - September 6th, 2025
Morton Rutledge Fire Co - Cornhole Tournament - September 13th, at Triangle Park
Traveling Glass Bin - Closed! Six TONS of Glass recycled! We will update you when it is back open.
Rutledge Borough Council Meetings are held the First and Third Monday at 7:30PM in Lower Borough Hall.
Volunteering Opportunities:
Activities Committee: Volunteer for Fourth of July Celebrations!
Adhoc Historic Committee:This committee will create a plan to assess Rutledge Borough’s historical holdings and options for preservation, as well as organize and execute events for gathering and sharing our borough history.
It will also help prepare our community for the country’s upcoming Semiquincentennial in 2026.
This committee is in place through December 31st, 2026, will have meetings open to the public, and be composed of five members.
If you are interested in being one of the members, please submit your letter of interest to rutledg...@gmail.com
Rutledge Shade Tree Commission: Help Rutledge achieve ArbNet Certification! More details below from Chris Gradel of RSTC. To volunteer your tree: reply to this email and copy rutledge....@gmail.com
Keep it Local – Donation Opportunity:
One of our Rutledge neighbors is a volunteer at BVM Food Pantry and Clothes Closet in Darby. They are currently in need of adult and children’s clothing in new or good, used condition.
Accepted Items: Adult clothes, children’s clothes, bedding, towels, shoes, purses, and housewares.
Restrictions: No baby clothes ( nothing under 4T), no rips, holes or stains.
Where to Donate? Items can be dropped off at: 228 Rutledge Avenue, on the front porch.
Rutledge Shade Tree Commission - ArbNet Accreditation
In the Spring and Summer of 2023, the Rutledge Tree Shade Commission started a tree survey of Borough residents' trees. There are many tree lovers and tree tenders in the Borough. Walking, jogging and cycling through Rutledge is a real pleasure because of our tree canopy and the beautiful landscaping and gardens.
In addition to our Spring and Fall tree plantings, a new project of the Shade Tree Commission is to label and catalogue the trees for educational purposes–celebrating our trees! We are working towards having the Borough accredited as an Arboretum Level 1 under the ArbNet organization (www.arbnet.org).
RSTC started this project by labeling the first 11 trees that, all visible from the Borough's sidewalks. To be accredited as an Arboretum Level 1, we will need to have a minimum of 25 different species, varieties or cultivars of trees and woody plants. The earlier survey confirms the Borough has well over this number and we hope to reach it soon. A map and educational resources will also be provided to residents and neighbors.
If you want to participate in this Arboretum project and/or get a label for your tree contact the Shade Tree Commission at rutledge....@gmail.com. To find out more on the Rutledge Shade Tree Commission go to
https://www.rutledgepa.org/committees-services/shade-tree-commission/
Join Rep. Scanlon at Delaware County Community College for a Town Hall
June 29th at 3PM – Advanced registration is required due to venue capacity: register here! Rep. Scanlon will share details about her service to the PA-05 district and families and provide the latest info from DC.
Activities Committee
Fourth of July Celebration will be Friday, July 4th! Check the attached flier for more information and scheduling. The parade registration starts at 9:30AM and we will host the welcome ceremony, good neighbor awards, and games at Triangle Park beginning at 11:00 am, immediately following the parade. The weather looks great!
Sanitation Committee
Next Yard Waste is Monday July 7th
Please be sure to properly prepare your yard waste in a way that is collectible by the haulers. Use your toters, personal cans, paper bags, or tie with twine. Yard waste on tarps or in plastic bags is not acceptable due to difficulty to lift.
The Sanitation Committee visited our Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Delaware on June 17th. This MRF, Delaware Solid Waste Authority, partners with recyclers (like Republic and CAP Glass) to process our recycling. We’ll post some facts each week!
Here are some of the key takeaways:
Plastic bags are terrible for the machines!! Do not put them in your toters for any reason!
Cardboard should be packed loosely–not stuffed inside another cardboard box.
Plastic bottles should have their lids left on so they don’t compress too much–and we shouldn’t crush our bottles at all! This hinders the machines from sorting effectively.
White paper is highly sought after, but we should make sure all paper we recycle is at least as large as a postcard.
REMINDER! Mattress must legally be wrapped in a plastic bag for our hauler to collect; this is Pennsylvania law. These bags can be purchased online from many retailers or from local home improvement stores.
Save the date: A textile and bicycle/sewing machine recycling event is scheduled for 10/18/2025 at Rose Tree Park. More details to follow.
We are still looking for responses to our Spring Sanitation Survey. ( See Link below) Hoping for 50 responses (we are at 25 so far). Once we get close to that number, we will respond to your comments. So, please take a moment to complete the survey and get us to 50 responses. which is only 16% of the households in Rutledge.
Resident Survey for our new Sanitation!
Streets Committee
Thank you for your submissions so far! We identified several patch areas for the borough. We appreciate your caution as our public works team is out on the roads.
If you notice any potholes or concerns to highlight for the borough roads, please send them to andreaju...@gmail.com and rutledg...@gmail.com
Red Cross Blood Drives x PEANUTS
For all Red Cross Blood drives between Aug. 29–Sept. 21, all donors who come to give blood will score an exclusive Red Cross x PEANUTS mystery bag with one of four special T-shirt designs, (while they last).
Thank you,
Rutledge Communications
